Is This Ship Floating? 🚢

Añadido: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Is this boat floating in the air? Don't worry, this isn't a ghost ship. This is actually an engineering phenomenon, which is called a Fata Morgana. This happens when a warmer layer of air sits right on top of a cold layer of air and causes thermal inversion. This temperature difference between the two layers create a used curved lens, which bends all the lights downwards towards the cooler and denser air. Our brains assumes that all the light is traveling in a straight line. That makes it seem like the boat is actually on top of the horizon. So, the next time you see a ship defying gravity, you remember